Mekaylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KAY-luh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mekaylah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mekaylah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mekayla, itself a variant of Makayla, a form of Michaela
“who is like God”
Michaela is a feminine of Michael, the archangel of the Bible.
Meaning borrowed from Mekayla.
Is Mekaylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mekaylah is a girls' name.
How popular is Mekaylah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Mekaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mekaylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Nicknames for Mekaylah
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mekaylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Nusaybah Naziyah Taliyah Zaniyah Zaliyah Zamira Aaliyah Aziyah Kaziah Maziyah Kaliyah
Names related to Mekaylah
Mikayla Mckayla Makyla Mikaylah Makeyla Makylah Mykaela Mekayla
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mekaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mekaylah, updated 20 October 2026.